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Indian Police Service
| Service Overview | |
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 Logo of Indian Police Service | |
| Formerly known as | Indian Imperial Police[1] |
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| Abbreviation | IPS |
| Date of Establishment |
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| Country | India |
| Staff College | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad |
| Cadre Controlling Authority | Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |
| Minister Responsible | Amit Shah, Union Cabinet Minister for Home Affairs. |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Civil Service |
| Cadre Strength | 5,047 members (2023) (4,344 officers in position; 703 position vacant)[2] |
| Selection | Civil Services Examination |
| Association | IPS Central Association |
| Head of All India Civil Services | |
| Cabinet Secretary of India | T. V. Somanathan |
The Indian Police Service (abbr. IPS) is a civil service under the All India Services. It replaced the Indian Imperial Police in 1948, a year after India became independent from the British Empire.
Along with the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and the Indian Forest Service (IFS), the IPS is part of the All India Services[3] – its officers are employed by both the Union Government and by individual states.
The service provides leadership to various state and central police forces, including the Central Armed Police Forces (BSF, SSB, CRPF, CISF, and ITBP), the National Security Guard (NSG), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Intelligence Bureau (IB), Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), Special Protection Group (SPG), National Investigation Agency (NIA), and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
historywas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Authorised Cadre Strength of the Indian Police Service (as on 01.01.2023)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. Retrieved 22 November 2023.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "IPS, IAS and IFoS: All India Services (Government of India)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
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